Review of Vengeance Is Mine (1979) by Tad T — 24 Jul 2007
Bizarre true-life tale of a serial murderer who is as much driven by anomic rejection of Japanese social norms as by any sense of inner psychopathy. The killings are both gruelling and strangely emotionally detached, the protagonist driven to cause pain yet never seeming to gain any pleasure from his brutal acts.
Not entirely satisfying and perhaps outstaying its welcome, Imamura's film counterposes the conflicted inner worlds of the people Iwao touches with his own empty core.
This review of Vengeance Is Mine (1979) was written by Tad T on 24 Jul 2007.
Vengeance Is Mine has generally received very positive reviews.
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